TY - GEN
T1 - Team assignment mechanics
T2 - Construction Research Congress 2018: Construction Project Managemen, CRC 2018
AU - Hurtado, Kristen
AU - Saseendran, Anusree
AU - Sullivan, Kenneth
AU - Smithwick, Jake
AU - Lines, Brian
AU - Stone, Brian
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© ASCE.
PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - Team assignment within design and construction largely occurs following notice of selection to the winning firm. Upon notification, most firms use informal methods based primarily on qualifications and availability as the key factors in team assignment. Past experience with the client, current geographic location, and other variables may also be considered. Regardless of the specific considerations, team assignment mechanics within the built environment lack a sophistication consistent with the known importance of the project team to achieving successful project outcomes. One of the most overlooked components of team assignment mechanics is the significance of the "personality traits" in building teams and ensuring the various members have a high probability of being able to work and communicate effectively with each other. This paper studied the effect of honesty/humility and extraversion (from HEXACO PI-R test), and overall emotional intelligence (from emotional intelligence test, version 2.0) on team performance. A case study of 102 AEC industry professionals working in teams to complete similar project management tasks is presented. In the case study, teams specifically aligned considering these personality traits are compared to teams of random formation. Teams that were formed considering personality traits outperformed teams that were randomly formed by 68%. The findings of this study can be used to strategically form high performing teams.
AB - Team assignment within design and construction largely occurs following notice of selection to the winning firm. Upon notification, most firms use informal methods based primarily on qualifications and availability as the key factors in team assignment. Past experience with the client, current geographic location, and other variables may also be considered. Regardless of the specific considerations, team assignment mechanics within the built environment lack a sophistication consistent with the known importance of the project team to achieving successful project outcomes. One of the most overlooked components of team assignment mechanics is the significance of the "personality traits" in building teams and ensuring the various members have a high probability of being able to work and communicate effectively with each other. This paper studied the effect of honesty/humility and extraversion (from HEXACO PI-R test), and overall emotional intelligence (from emotional intelligence test, version 2.0) on team performance. A case study of 102 AEC industry professionals working in teams to complete similar project management tasks is presented. In the case study, teams specifically aligned considering these personality traits are compared to teams of random formation. Teams that were formed considering personality traits outperformed teams that were randomly formed by 68%. The findings of this study can be used to strategically form high performing teams.
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U2 - 10.1061/9780784481271.016
DO - 10.1061/9780784481271.016
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85048710888
T3 - Construction Research Congress 2018: Construction Project Management - Selected Papers from the Construction Research Congress 2018
SP - 158
EP - 164
BT - Construction Research Congress 2018
A2 - Harris, Rebecca
A2 - Wang, Chao
A2 - Harper, Christofer
A2 - Berryman, Charles
A2 - Lee, Yongcheol
PB - American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
Y2 - 2 April 2018 through 4 April 2018
ER -